Editorials curb EPAs power in parking tax clash
The editorial blasts EPA head Russell Train for proposing costly parking taxes to curb air pollution, arguing for Congress to curb federal overreach. It cites Long Beach figures on potential $88.1 million annual costs and urges lawmakers to block centralized control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Russell E. Train
Los Angeles
Long Beach
EPA
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Train
League of California
Federal Register
South Coast
Congress
League of California Cities
Washington
Central
Letter writers spar over vehicle weight fees and ERA views
Readers complain about weight-fee rules for commercial vehicles and the fight over the Equal Rights Amendment. James P. Terborg notes registration quirks and car classifications, while George Br. Rell argues the Dec 18 editorial misses the era’s biggest story as farmers struggle in 1973.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
Cadillac
Finto
Volkswagen
Lakewood
James P. Terborg
San Pedro
George BR. Rell
Economy on the Titanic Reform Urges Rethinking Resource Dependence
A critical essay argues that the world faces deeper change as the United States and other industrialized nations rely increasingly on scarce resources from underdeveloped countries. It cites oil embargos, rising metal imports, and forecasts of shortages by 1985 to 2000, urging honest leadership and realistic planning rather than technocratic fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agai
United States
Wiliam Ke, Simon
Trayme
E. F. Schumacher
Derk
Soviet menace grows stronger in Pentagon forecast
Senior U.S. officers warn of rising Soviet military posture and faster defense build up. They estimate Moscow spends more on R&D and shipbuilding, while U.S. payroll costs soar. They predict Soviet superiority by the late 1970s and urge revived conscription to restore parity. Kissinger’s detente stance draws criticism from experts including Zbigniew Brzeinski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Kremlin
U.S
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Armed Services Committees
Congress
John F. Stennis
Mississippi
F. Edward Hebert
Louisiana
Economist
London
Soviet Union
Brookings Institution
Kissinger
Columbia
Fraseln
Labor pressures for wage hikes amid energy crisis
Labor leaders warn of rising unrest as Teamsters seek to reopen wages and AFL CIO officials criticize Nixon energy policy. They predict higher unemployment, inflation, and more militant bargaining as workers fear losing living standards and government protection amid fuel shortages and political turmoil.
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Philip
Nixon
Abel
Nat Goldfinger
A.F.L C.1.0
Goldfinger
A.F.L.C.I
Ford
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
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EPA Transportation Ax
Independent, Press-Telegram
League of Women Voters
Howard McOwen
League
Anthony Lewis
Mee
SRAEL
Scrambli
Armed Services
Robert Novak
Inside Report
Rowland Ans
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